Chapter 208: Methods of Becoming a God — Inheriting a God Position? Ascending Through Faith?
"…"
The Snow Empress silently looked at the Ice Empress, who was furious beyond control.
A faint ripple appeared in her cold, clear eyes.
Yes.
If Lin Qingmo truly didn't want the Sea God's divine position, could he give it to them?
The Snow Empress couldn't help but think this.
Even if it was only a chance to become a god, a chance to evade the heavenly tribulation, and a chance to no longer live in constant fear, waiting for the next tribulation.
Her cultivation was nearing 700,000 years. She had lived longer than the Ice Empress and experienced more heavenly tribulations.
After every tribulation, she would ask herself whether she would survive the next one.
Seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, in the eyes of human soul masters, were an unreachable legend.
But to her, it was merely an ever-growing burden.
The higher the cultivation, the stronger the heavenly tribulation, and the deeper the shadow of death.
She was tired.
Truly tired.
But she couldn't say it.
She couldn't reveal her identity, nor could she let Lin Qingmo know that they were on the Douluo Continent, in the Extreme North.
At least, not yet.
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[Tyrant Dragon Mom]: Ah Qing, have you lost your mind? That's a god position! Countless people would break their heads trying to get one, and you're saying you're not interested?
[Little Witch]: Exactly! Even if the Sea God position isn't top-tier, it's still a genuine god position!
[Little Witch]: Become a god, and you gain eternal life, an endless lifespan, and get to witness all the splendor of the world. Doesn't that sound amazing?
[Dad Douluo]: It's not that I'm being picky; it's that the Sea God position's ceiling isn't high enough.
[Dad Douluo]: My Blue Silver Grass martial soul follows a pure life path. Compared to the Sea God, who controls the ocean's authority, what I want more is the Goddess of Life's position.
The moment this sentence appeared, the previously noisy chat group fell completely silent.
Not even a single emoji refreshed the screen.
After a full thirty seconds, someone finally broke the silence.
[Tyrant Dragon Mom]: Goddess of Life?
[Golden Liquid Angel]: Is there even a legend of such a god on the Douluo Continent?
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"Goddess of Life…"
Qian Renxue frowned.
Even Spirit Hall, which possessed the Angel God inheritance, had no records or information regarding the Goddess of Life.
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[Green Grass Mom]: It sounds like a god who governs the authority of life. It does match the life attribute of Blue Silver Grass quite well.
[Green Grass Mom]: But does such a god truly exist on the Douluo Continent?
Lin Qingmo wasn't surprised at all, seeing the screen full of doubts.
Information about the God Realm was barely mentioned in the first part of Douluo Dalu.
The only gods known from it were those whose god positions were inherited by the Shrek Seven Devils, along with Qian Renxue's Angel God and Bibi Dong's Rakshasa God.
Few people persisted to finish the second part, Unrivaled Tang Sect. The later content was rather abstract.
As for parts three and four, even fewer followed them, not to mention the side story Legend of the God Realm or the even more bizarre fifth part, Rebirth of Tang San with "Young Master Mei" Xiao Wu.
[Dad Douluo]: The Goddess of Life is one of the five great God Kings of the God Realm Committee.
[Dad Douluo]: Her true form is the Ancient Tree of Life, which governs the authority of life across the entire God Realm and all lower realms.
[Dad Douluo]: In terms of rank, she stands a whole tier above main gods like the Sea God.
[Dad Douluo]: My life-path Blue Silver Grass martial soul is essentially a manifestation of plant life force. If I can evolve my martial soul into the Blue Silver Emperor or even the Ancient Tree of Life, that would be the perfect match for a god position.
[Dad Douluo]: At that point, forget the Sea God—even the Angel God and Rakshasa God, these first-class gods, wouldn't be worth mentioning before a supreme god's authority.
Supreme God!
Five Great God Kings!
God Realm Committee!
These words exploded like thunder in everyone's minds within the group.
They were so shaken they felt dizzy, even forgetting to breathe.
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Inside the Pope's Palace of Spirit Hall, the vast and solemn chamber flickered with candlelight.
Bibi Dong sat high upon the Pope's throne, her luxurious purple robes enhancing her cold and imposing aura.
At first, she had been casually glancing through the group messages.
But the moment Lin Qingmo's words reached her, her previously relaxed body suddenly leaned forward.
"God Kings… existences even stronger than first-class gods?"
Her fingers tightened around the scepter, knuckles turning pale.
For the first time, undisguised shock appeared in her deep eyes.
She reread Lin Qingmo's message again and again.
She searched through every fragment of memory from the Rakshasa God inheritance.
Yet she found no trace of anything about the God Realm Committee or the five Great God Kings.
"Could it be that even the Rakshasa God isn't qualified to access the core secrets of the God Realm?"
This was only Bibi Dong's speculation.
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Inside a luxurious carriage heading toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, reclined against a soft couch.
She had originally been planning how to approach Lin Qingmo after arriving at the academy.
But the moment his message appeared, the calm smile on her face froze instantly.
She had always believed the Angel God to be the most powerful existence.
But now, Lin Qingmo was saying that above the main gods were supreme gods and even a God Realm Committee that the Angel God inheritance never mentioned?
Her fingers clenched tightly around the edge of her teacup as her thoughts churned violently.
"Even Spirit Hall, which possesses the Angel God inheritance, has no authority to know this secret… where did he learn it from?"
This man seemed shrouded in a dense layer of mystery, making her unable to resist wanting to uncover it.
She took a deep breath and instantly changed her plan.
This trip to Heaven Dou Royal Academy—she must personally meet Lin Qingmo.
If she could draw him to her side,
Then, not only seizing the Heaven Dou Empire and reclaiming Spirit Hall, but also even touching the realm of the supreme gods might not be impossible.
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Lin Qingmo himself was also seriously calculating in his mind.
"How can I gain recognition from a more powerful god?"
There wasn't a single false word in what he had just said.
From the moment his Blue Silver Grass martial soul awakened, it had followed a completely different, pure life path from Tang San's.
The Goddess of Life's divine position was his most perfect destination.
But the problem was whether the Goddess of Life would even notice a mere Soul Ancestor from a lower realm like him, let alone personally bestow an inheritance.
He sighed and sorted through the known paths to godhood in the Douluo Continent.
"According to the original work, there seem to be only two paths to becoming a god."
"The first is accepting an existing god position inheritance. The second is creating a god position yourself, which likely has a higher ceiling than inherited ones."
In the Douluo Continent, self-created god positions seemed to rely on gathering the power of faith.
The Angel God relied on Spirit Hall, spreading faith in light across the continent, gathering immense faith power to ultimately ascend.
The Sea God also relied on the faith of sea soul beasts and sea soul masters to stabilize his god position.
Although when he used to read novels, he always felt that gods formed through faith had too low a ceiling and were prone to backlash from that faith…
Right now, he didn't even know the specific method for becoming a god through faith, let alone have the qualifications to disdain it.
A trace of worry surfaced in Lin Qingmo's heart.
"Do I really have no choice but to wait for some god to take a liking to me and passively accept an inheritance?"
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